I recently applied for an $80k HELOC to cover some of the purchase price and rehab costs of a deal I was looking at. Yesterday the bank called me and said that I qualified for up to $170k. Of the original $80k I app...

I have done PL lending inside of Roth IRA. Now want to branch out to my personal fund outside of Roth. A quick tax question - is the income from PL treated as passive or active in the eyes of IRS? Thanks for any insig...

Hey guys I had a question about how you would handle this.  Basically.....one of my rental properties needs a new roof due to wind damage.  The roofing company said it has "extreme" wind damage and basically said insu...

Hi guys, I’ve kind of switched gears and have gone from REI back to Real Estate Agent since there appears to be a flood of buyers (also its been a pain to find deals in my area lately with the foreclosure laws changin...

Hi fellow BP community,
I am a foreigner looking at REI in US via turnkey companies. I want to hear your investing experiences (good/bad) with these turnkey companies and which ones you would recommend as a one stop ...

Hey Everybody!Well, as some of you may know ( most probably don't ) I'm the Assistant to Mr. BiggerPockets himself, Joshua Dorkin. I've been working here at BiggerPockets for about 3 weeks now and it has been BY FAR t...

Hi All,By way of introduction my name is Tom Sulz and I am new to the BiggerPockets forums. I am 24 years old and have been interested in learning about real estate investing for the past couple of years. I just recen...

Ive attended a few real estate seminars (don't know if i should mention these companies) but every seminar is willing offer mentor training. I see a lot of value for a rookie like me to learn from a mentor but these b...

I've read the suggestions for fsbo.com and craigslist.com, but I'm not finding much at all on fsbo.com and none of the properties on craigslist have addresses so I can go check them out.

Any tips or ideas on how to f...

Ten years ago, the New England Patriots won the Superbowl (hey, that sounds familiar...), MySpace was considered one of the fastest growing sites on the internet, Mariah Carey was in her music-making prime... and the ...